In 1955, the mainland held a grand conferral ceremony in Zhongnanhai.
In the solemn conferral hall, Zhu De was the first to step onto the stage and accept the title conferred by Chairman Mao. Chairman Xu was Chairman Mao sensed that the scene was too nervous, so when conferring the title to Zhu De, he said 9 words jokingly, which caused everyone to laugh, and the tension at the scene also dissipated.
What are the nine words that Chairman Mao said? What kind of revolutionary friendship did the two have?
9 words made everyone laugh
In 1955, in order to improve the level of modernization of the army, the state began to implement the rank system. To this end, the state elected ten founding marshals, and Chairman Mao personally awarded them titles.
Because Marshal Zhu De made outstanding contributions to New China and had a high prestige in the troops, he became the first of the ten marshals. On the day of the award ceremony, Marshal Zhu De wore a neat military uniform and looked very powerful, which made Chairman Mao's eyes shine.
After the awarding began, Zhu De was the first to take the stage to accept the chairman's award. Chairman Mao and Zhu De had a deep revolutionary friendship, so when the chairman conferred his title, he couldn't help but ridicule: "The marshal has been promoted, what a spirit!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present laughed forwards and backwards, and the previous tension suddenly dissipated, and even Marshal Zhu De laughed loudly.
Perhaps there are many people who do not know the meaning of "marshal promotion".
As soon as they heard the word "marshal", a sense of reverence surged in everyone's hearts. The marshal, as the supreme leader in the army, bears great responsibility.
Therefore, when setting up tents in the field, the marshal's tent is often the highest, so that when there is news to be reported, the soldier can determine his position at the first time.
Then why did Chairman Mao use "marshal promotion" to say Marshal Zhu De?
The reason was that when Zhu De applied to join the party, he was rejected by our party. At that time, the organization considered that he had served as a senior official in the national army, so there were concerns about his loyalty.
But Zhu De was not impressed, and proved his determination to join the party with practical actions. After years of hard work, he not only joined the party, but also became the head of the marshal, so the chairman would say to him "marshal to raise the account."
The reason why the chairman said this sentence also shows that the relationship between the two is very "iron".
The friendship between Vermilion and Mao is indestructible
In the spring of 1928, Zhu De and Chen Yi led their team to successfully meet Chairman Mao in Jinggangshan. After Zhu Mao met, the two discussed the future of the army.
After some conversation, the two seemed to be each other's confidants, and many views were surprisingly consistent.
After study, the two summed up the valuable experience of "the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy retreats and we advance, the enemy stops and we disturb, and the enemy is tired and we fight."
In 1929, Chairman Mao was ill and went to western Fujian for treatment. In the days of Chairman Mao's absence, the Red Army profoundly realized that the Red Army could not do without Chairman Mao!
So at a meeting, everyone proposed to take Chairman Mao back. Zhu De even supported it with both hands and said: "Everyone calls us Zhu Mao Red Army, how should Zhu Mao survive the winter without Mao!" ”
Not only that, even when the two are in conflict, they will not betray each other.
In the summer of 1935, the 1st and 4th Red Fronts successfully joined the division. After making a decision, the central government decided to let the troops of the division be divided into two ways. Zhang Guotao, Zhu De and others commanded the left road, and Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and others commanded the right road.
The two sides agreed to march from different directions, but the common goal was to go north.
But Zhang Guotao was so ambitious that he led the Red Army south. In addition, he also wants to provoke the relationship between Zhu Mao and win over Zhu De. Zhang Guotao painstakingly persuaded Zhu De to draw a line with Chairman Mao.
But Zhu De refused without thinking about it, and he said solemnly: "Everyone has long regarded Zhu Mao as a person, how can there be any reason why Zhu opposes Mao?" As long as I have a breath left, I will definitely not oppose Mao! ”
Later, Zhu De reported the incident to Chairman Mao in its original form, so that the chairman could clearly see Zhang Guotao's wolf ambition. When Chairman Mao learned about this, he specially praised: "The mind is as big as the sea, and the will is as strong as steel." ”
In the days that followed, the two had perfect cooperation in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation.
Until the 60s of the 20th century, when the mainland was in a special period, Marshal Zhu De was also involved.
Some people with ulterior motives deliberately smeared Marshal Zhu De and slandered him as a "big warlord" and "black commander" ...
Chairman Mao did not believe any of these words, and at a meeting he wanted to keep Marshal Zhu De despite the opposition of the people. After those people with ulterior motives knew the chairman's attitude, they did not dare to act rashly against Marshal Zhu De.
At the 1973 meeting of the Military Commission, the two met again.
After Chairman Mao saw Zhu De, he immediately grabbed his hand and said with a smile: "Commander Hong, how are you doing lately?" Zhu De was very moved after hearing this.
No matter what happened, the two trusted each other very much and truly achieved "Zhu Mao does not separate families".
But Zhu De can be ranked first among the ten marshals, not because his relationship with the chairman is "iron", but because of his true ability.
Marshal Zhu De, who loves the country and the people
Zhu De was born in 1886 and is a native of Yilong County, Sichuan. He was admitted to the top school at the age of 19, but at that time, the country was in turmoil, and Zhu De decided to abandon his pen and change the status quo of the country.
So in 1909, he was admitted to the Yunnan Army Lecture School and officially began to study military knowledge. It was also in this year that Zhu De became more and more influenced by the "Three People's Principles" and resolutely joined the League Association founded by Mr. Sun.
During his time in the military school, he excelled in all aspects and was valued by many teachers. Two months after graduation, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and Zhu De resolutely participated in the "Chongjiu Uprising" and followed the Sichuan Army to carry out the anti-Qing struggle.
During the battle, Zhu De's spirit of daring to fight and fight made the officers praise, and the official road was naturally unimpeded.
Until 1917, Zhu De was influenced by Marxism and came to Germany for further study.
During this time, he became acquainted with Premier Zhou. Under the mobilization of the premier, Zhu De officially joined our party.
In fact, before this, he had the idea of joining our party, so he contacted Chen Duxiu, but Zhu De was a high-ranking official of the national army at that time, so he decided to test him for a while.
In the summer of 1927, our Party launched the vigorous Nanchang Uprising, in which Zhu De participated.
On the night before the uprising, Zhu De used his identity to ask two high-ranking Kuomintang officials to drink, and drank them unconscious, which not only reduced the casualties of our army, but also ensured the smooth progress of the uprising.
After drunk people, Zhu De quickly joined the battle with his team and made outstanding contributions to the Nanchang Uprising.
In the fourth "encirclement and suppression" operation of the national army, he also showed excellent command ability.
Chairman Mao was not by his side at that time, so the task of command fell to Zhu De. Zhu De behaved calmly and successfully defeated the enemy with his talent.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhu De also had many outstanding performances. He actively carried out anti-Japanese bases in North China and led his army to fight heroically, so that when the Japanese invaders heard his name, they would be frightened.
During the Liberation War, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army by the central government, and in 1947 he fought in northern China. During this period, Zhu De personally sat in the town and led many battles such as Shijiazhuang and Qingfengdian.
Not only that, he later worked closely with Chairman Mao to win three major battles. It was not until the spring of 1949, when the People's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River and went south, that the old Chiang had gone and finally fled to Taiwan.
After the founding of the country, Zhu De still adhered to the excellent style and shone brightly for the construction of the motherland.
In the summer of 1976, Marshal Zhu De passed away. Although he has left us forever, his spirit of selfless dedication, patriotism and love for the people will always inspire future generations to move forward!
Let's pay tribute to the great Marshal Zhu De!